Tuesday's key match between West Indies and South Africa should churn the most valuable player (MVP) list quite a bit.

South Africa fast bowler Andre Nel, in particular, will have to play really well to stay at the top of the list.

New Zealand's left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori has moved up 30 places to jump to the 20th place after his figures of 8.4-1-23-4 against Ireland on Monday.

With New Zealand likely to go far in this World Cup, Vettori has a fair chance of ending up eventually in the top ten.

Rank

Country

Player

Runs

Balls

Ct | St

Rc

Bb

W

Run Outs

M

Total

AVG

1

SA

Andre Nel

1

5

2

45

60

5

0

1

131.00

131.00

2

SL

Sanath Jayasuriya

275

241

1

105

170

4

1

4

513.20

128.30

3

Aus

Matthew Hayden

347

300

1

0

4

459.00

114.75

4

NZ

Scott Styris

177

218

3

119

180

7

0.5

4

399.60

99.90

5

NZ

Jacob Oram

83

131

2

93

177

8

1

4

335.80

83.95

6

NZ

Shane Bond

0

0

0

83

202

9

0

4

294.60

73.65

7

Eng

Kevin Pietersen

270

341

1

2

6

0

0.5

4

287.00

71.75

8

Eng

Andrew Flintoff

49

89

2

130

217

8

0

4

272.40

68.10

9

SA

Jacques Kallis

232

295

3

137

144

2

0

4

269.20

67.30

10

SL

Lasith Malinga

2

9

1

165

182

11

0.5

4

258.40

64.60

11

Aus

Ricky Ponting

212

233

4

0

4

257.60

64.40

12

Eng

Paul Collingwood

137

161

3

152

168

3

1

4

238.60

59.65

13

SA

Graeme Smith

186

203

2

51

54

1

0

4

235.80

58.95

14

Aus

Nathan Bracken

0

0

1

118

192

8

0

4

232.60

58.15

15

Aus

Michael Clarke

188

185

2

27

24

0

0

4

230.20

57.55

16

WI

Daren Powell

7

14

0

154

234

8

0

4

228.00

57.00

17

Aus

Glenn McGrath

0

0

0

160

177

10

0

4

221.60

55.40

18

SL

Muttiah Muralitharan

3

3

2

156

228

7

0

4

208.00

52.00

19

Aus

Adam Gilchrist

135

132

4 | 2

0

4

204.40

51.10

20

NZ

Daniel Vettori

5

7

0

149

226

7

0

4

204.20

51.05

21

SL

Mahela Jayawardene

196

275

1

1

4

201.00

50.25

22

SL

Tillakaratne Dilshan

102

104

1

48

84

1

1

4

193.00

48.25

23

SL

Dilhara Fernando

2

2

1

60

96

3

0

2

96.20

48.10

24

NZ

Stephen Fleming

164

180

0

0

4

184.00

46.00

25

Eng

Liam Plunkett

29

34

0

43

42

1

0

1

45.40

45.40

26

SL

Chaminda Vaas

4

6

1

106

198

5

0

4

180.60

45.15

27

SL

Kumar Sangakkara

108

136

4 | 4

0.5

4

179.20

44.80

28

Eng

Paul Nixon

111

106

3 | 1

0.5

4

174.20

43.55

29

SA

Charles Langeveldt

10

47

1

219

222

9

0.5

4

174.00

43.50

30

Aus

Brad Hogg

5

6

1

173

210

7

0

4

173.20

43.30

31

Aus

Shaun Tait

0

0

0

173

189

8

0

4

170.20

42.55

32

SA

Andre Hall

8

13

0

130

159

5

0

3

122.80

40.93

33

WI

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

187

263

0

0

4

163.60

40.90

34

Ire

Andrew White

86

98

2

74

91

2

0.5

4

162.40

40.60

35

Ire

Trent Johnston

53

54

2

148

138

3

0.5

3

119.20

39.73

36

Aus

Shane Watson

47

35

1

81

100

1

1

3

118.00

39.33

37

WI

Brian Lara

116

136

2

1

4

157.20

39.30

38

SA

Herschelle Gibbs

110

144

5

1

4

153.80

38.45

39

Ban

Syed Rasel

10

19

1

121

162

4

0

3

114.40

38.13

40

Ire

Kyle McCallan

28

44

0

135

210

4

0

4

149.80

37.45

41

Ban

Mohammad Ashraful

141

162

0

7

2

0

0

4

147.00

36.75

42

Eng

Ian Bell

160

254

1

1

4

145.80

36.45

43

Eng

Sajid Mahmood

2

4

0

144

158

4

1

3

103.20

34.40

44

SA

AB De Villiers

107

117

3

0

4

135.40

33.85

45

NZ

Brendon McCullum

47

37

11 | 1

0

4

129.40

32.35

46

WI

Dwayne Bravo

48

64

0

175

174

5

0

4

129.00

32.25

47

Eng

Ravinder Bopara

83

94

1

0

3

95.80

31.93

48

NZ

Hamish Marshall

81

98

0

0.5

3

95.60

31.87

49

WI

Denesh Ramdin

69

70

7 | 0

0

4

117.00

29.25

50

SA

Shaun Pollock

37

54

0

171

210

2

1.5

4

111.80

27.95

51

Ire

Dave Langford-Smith

26

23

0

143

186

3

0

4

111.40

27.85

52

NZ

Peter Fulton

98

142

0

0

3

82.40

27.47

53

SA

Makhaya Ntini

15

20

1

169

204

4

0

4

109.20

27.30

54

Ire

Kevin O'Brien

78

110

1

59

54

1

0

3

81.20

27.07

55

Ban

Aftab Ahmed

85

105

2

1

1

0

0.5

4

107.80

26.95

56

WI

Chris Gayle

74

114

1

147

176

2

0

4

103.60

25.90

57

Ban

Mohammad Rafique

40

60

1

128

168

2

0.5

4

103.40

25.85

58

Ire

Boyd Rankin

4

9

0

147

162

5

0

4

103.40

25.85

59

WI

Ramnaresh Sarwan

128

224

1

22

24

1

0

4

103.00

25.75

60

Ire

Niall O'Brien

129

219

4 | 0

0

4

102.80

25.70

61

SL

Russel Arnold

79

104

0

26

37

1

0

4

102.40

25.60

62

NZ

James Franklin

34

22

1

126

156

2

0

4

102.20

25.55

63

SL

Chamara Silva

108

143

0

0

4

101.60

25.40

64

NZ

Jeetan Patel

0

0

0

74

90

2

0

2

46.00

23.00

65

WI

Ian Bradshaw

6

17

0

94

114

2

0

2

43.60

21.80

66

SL

Upul Tharanga

108

177

2

0

4

84.40

21.10

67

Aus

Andrew Symonds

59

31

1

107

86

1

0

4

84.00

21.00

68

Ban

Tamim Iqbal

76

134

3

1

4

83.80

20.95

69

SA

Ashwell Prince

49

54

1

0

3

59.80

19.93

70

Eng

Monty Panesar

1

2

0

171

222

3

0

4

79.00

19.75

71

Eng

James Anderson

0

1

0

162

210

3

0

4

77.20

19.30

72

WI

Marlon Samuels

43

62

1

81

84

1

1

4

75.60

18.90

73

Ban

Saqibul Hasan

63

124

1

145

143

3

0

4

73.20

18.30

74

NZ

Craig McMillan

82

120

0

6

9

0

0

4

69.20

17.30

75

Ire

Andre Botha

60

115

0

109

132

1

0

3

48.60

16.20

76

Ban

Abdur Razzak

2

6

0

164

166

4

0

4

64.00

16.00

77

SL

Farveez Maharoof

5

9

1

67

84

1

0

2

32.00

16.00

78

SA

Mark Boucher

34

53

5 | 0

0.5

4

62.60

15.65

79

WI

Jerome Taylor

23

27

0

136

156

1

0

3

37.20

12.40

80

WI

Lendl Simmons

14

26

1

0

1

12.20

12.20

81

Eng

Michael Vaughan

37

76

0

48

72

1

0

4

46.80

11.70

82

Ire

Eoin Morgan

63

128

4

0

4

43.60

10.90

83

Aus

Brad Hodge

0

0

2

0

1

10.00

10.00

84

Ban

Mashrafe Mortaza

59

63

1

172

174

0

0

4

39.80

9.95

85

NZ

Michael Mason

0

0

0

18

45

0

0

2

18.00

9.00

86

Ire

William Porterfield

56

125

3

0

4

27.00

6.75

87

Eng

Andrew Strauss

7

10

0

0

1

6.00

6.00

88

Aus

Michael Hussey

14

21

2

0

4

21.20

5.30

89

Eng

Ed Joyce

11

28

3

0

3

14.60

4.87

90

Ban

Habibul Bashar

56

125

1

0

4

17.00

4.25

91

SA

Robin Petersen

4

8

0

22

30

0

0

1

3.60

3.60

92

Ire

Jeremy Bray

42

87

0

0

4

14.40

3.60

93

WI

Dwayne Smith

17

15

0

47

48

0

0

4

13.40

3.35

94

Ban

Javed Omar

39

92

0

0

2

4.40

2.20

95

SA

Justin Kemp

13

51

2

27

24

0

0.5

4

-0.60

-0.15

96

NZ

Ross Taylor

0

1

0

0

1

-0.80

-0.80

97

Ban

Shahriar Nafees

1

7

0

0

2

-3.60

-1.80

98

Ire

Peter Gillespie

2

8

0

0

1

-2.40

-2.40

99

Ban

Mushfiqur Rahim

14

54

0 | 0

0

4

-15.20

-3.80

100

NZ

Lou Vincent

0

6

0

0

1

-4.80

-4.80

101

WI

Corey Collymore

1

7

0

99

114

0

0

2

-11.40

-5.70

102

Eng

Jamie Dalrymple

3

12

1

29

24

0

0

1

-8.40

-8.40

103

Ire

John Mooney

0

2

0

62

45

0

0

2

-27.60

-13.80

104

Ban

Tapash Baisya

0

0

0

35

17

0

0

1

-21.40

-21.40

Ct: Catches taken | St: Stumpings | Rc: Runs conceded | Bb: Balls bowled | W: Wickets taken | M: Matches playedNote: *Run outs are counted as 1 for a direct hit, and 0.5 if the player is an equal participant in a run out dismissal

The Chernoff gallery of the top nine Super Eight players after Day 26 appears below.

Recall that batsmen have round faces and a short and wide nose. They smile more when they score more runs. Bowlers have tapered faces, a tall and thin nose, and bigger ears if they take more wickets. All-rounders have both batsmen's and bowler's features.

Here are the faces of the nine highest scoring batsmen in the Super Eight (total runs / scoring rate). If two players have scored the same number of runs, the player with the higher points appears first.

Here are the faces of the nine highest wicket-taking bowlers in the Super Eight (wickets / no. of runs conceded per over). If two players have scored the same number of wickets, the player with the higher points appears first.

And finally, here are the faces of the nine most successful fielders in the Super Eight (fielding points | run outs / catches / stumpings. Fielders who take a lot of catches have wide eyebrows, and those that participate in run out dismissals have bigger eyes. Notice the large number of wicket-keepers in this list.

We end off by looking at the most consistent performances in the 2007 World Cup.

Scott Styris, who is currently placed fourth, has figured in the MVP top ten for 22 of the first 26 days!

Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis, Sanath Jayasuriya, Matthew Hayden, Jacob Oram and Ricky Ponting have figured in the top 10 for 12 or more days. See the full list below (number in bracket is today's rank).